Things of Earth is a four-piece that started in Mesquite, where a majority of its members reside. But instead of taking the route of being a derivative Slipknot knockoff or a cover band destined to play wallpaper corporate gigs, this band has a thundering sound of twisting post-rock with a…
Last year, Dallas-based filmmaker Shaun Colón had a vision of creating a documentary on one of his favorite record labels, San Francisco-based Fat Wreck Chords. Originally planned to be a short film, it soon become much longer and expansive. On Tuesday, an Indiegogo campaign launched, hoping to cover the costs…
We’ve talked about the wonderful Girls Rock Dallas plenty of times on DC9 in the past few years. The volunteer-run, non-profit offers something that no other music camp can provide for females aged eight to seventeen: a chance to learn instruments, form a band, play a show, and most importantly,…
One of the must-see shows this week is happening tonight at the Kessler. Pleasant Grove will headline and Crushed Stars will debut material from their excellent new record, Farewell Young Lovers. We caught up with PG members Jeff Ryan and Marcus Striplin on the band’s history, their best and worst…
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Justin Timberlake exposing a little too much of Janet Jackson’s body during a halftime Super Bowl performance. It seems like it has taken that long for the producers of the Super Bowl to feel safe about booking modern performers again. Aside from MIA…
Saturday night, I will take stage with a band I’ve never played with before: Silver Saint Guitar Army, the brainchild of Wanz Dover, and I will be one of over a dozen guitarists. Dover still speaks highly of his time in New York with Glenn Branca’s guitar orchestra and he…
More sad news for the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show. Just a few months after Kidd Kraddick passed away, fellow show personality “Psycho” Shanon Murphy revealed on the air and her blog on Monday that she has a tumor on her brain stem. Though the tumor is benign, surgery…
It’s a great time to be a fan of The Marked Men and its offshoots. Not only does the band play out here and there, Mark Ryan’s Mind Spiders have a new album out called Inhumanistic, and there’s a new band called Radioactivity, which is about to release its debut…
The last time we spoke to Evan Weiss, he had only done solo tours as Into It. Over It. Not too long after that, he started performing with a full band. Then he formed two other bands: Their/They’re/There and Pet Symmetry. With a new band lineup of Into It. Over…
Theft from touring bands happens a lot all over the world, but if there’s a chance to help a band out, especially if they’re from another country, spreading the word never hurts. Louna, a Russian five-piece, was in Dallas yesterday for a show at the House of Blues. As the…
Better Than Ezra hits town on Friday at the House of Blues. Sure, they’ll play a usual set, but beforehand, they’re hosting a casino night in the venue’s Cambridge Room. There, you’ll find an open table and buffet, casino games and an acoustic set by the band. It’s a charity…
Kidd Kraddick Memorial August 15, 2013 AT&T Plaza in Victory Plaza Last night’s open-to-the-public memorial for Kidd Kraddick was a very moving and surprisingly upbeat affair. Feeling like a live episode of Kidd Kraddick in the Morning, there wasn’t any sugarcoating about Kidd’s death, but there were plenty of laughs…
Last night, Josh Venable broke the news in a Facebook status update: He’s coming back to radio in a couple of weeks, but not in Dallas. He’ll be in Tulsa at Z-104.5, The Edge as the new program director and afternoon DJ. And with its alternative rock format, Venable is…
Usually for those hitting up the Warped Tour bright and early in the midday, you don’t have to sit in a long line of traffic. Not this year. Traffic for the Summer Adventures at Fair Park bled into the traffic going to Gexa, so a usual short drive turned into…
Last year, the teaser trailer for Filmage debuted to much acclaim. Looking back at the career of The Descendents (including the formation of All when frontman Milo Aukerman left the band), local filmmakers Matt Riggle, Deedle LaCour, Justin Wilson and James Rayburn have documented something that many punk rock fans…
Jonathan Buchner’s 45 was screened for the public for the first time last night. And for those who came to either screening at 8 or 10, it was hard to walk back out onto a muggy night without having a strong mix of emotions floating in your mind. Assembled in…
We’ve talked about this documentary before, and now it will be shown to the public on Wednesday, June 12 (tomorrow). 45, a film by Jonathan Buchner, will be screened twice tomorrow night at 2625 Main Street. The first showing is at 8 p.m. and the second is at 10. Seating…
Sure, there was plenty of speculation about Black Flag reuniting. A previous reunion ten years ago was disastrous and forgettable. Seemed like the band was best left as a myth and plenty of fans were fine with that. Especially since there’s no way longest-tenured singer Henry Rollins will ever play…
Glen Reynolds certainly has a lot of momentum behind him these days. He recently released his second solo album, Breakbeat Ice Beneath Me, but this time, he’s using the moniker of Grey. While the album is a departure from the Weezer-meets-XTC vibe of his earlier material, it certainly represents where…
A lot of good things have happened in the past two years for Dead Flowers. They’ve played many well-attended shows since their formation, and frontman Corey Howe had the honor of opening The Revival Tour last year at Trees. This past Tuesday, Dead Flowers’ debut album, For You, came out…
Late last year, Josh Venable was let go for the second time from the Clear Channel-owned 102.1 KDGE, the Edge, and he has yet to find another radio station to call home. “I watch a lot of Murder, She Wrote,” Venable says of his down time while sitting in an…
Claudio Sanchez is incredibly pressed for time, but he has ten minutes to spare for an interview. Afterwards, he has to rush off for Coheed and Cambria’s soundcheck. The band is in the midst of a long headlining tour with rocket scientist metallers Between the Buried and Me. Thankfully, Sanchez…
